Use of systematic reviews in the development of new provincial public health policies in Ontario

Abstract

Public health decision-makers in Ontario have very positive perceptions of the usefulness of systematic reviews in policy development. Therefore, ongoing efforts to promote the usefulness and relevance of systematic reviews to public health decision-makers should remain a priority for health services researchers.

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“…These results pose a challenge for future guideline development panels in the field of perioperative care. They should be aware of the identified barriers to implement recommendations into clinical practice,58–60 and the difficulty in bringing evidence into the field of decision and policy making 61 62…”

Defining knowledge translation

“…Similarly, evidence from systematic reviews has been found to be used infrequently by WHO policy-makers. 12 Dobbins and colleagues 13 observed that, although systematic reviews were used in making guidelines for public health in Ontario, the recommendations were not adopted at the level of policy.…”

‘Black magic’ and ‘gold dust’: the epistemic and political uses of evidence tools in public health policy making

“…Likewise, one Canadian study which surveyed Ontarian policymakers on several occasions during a 5 year period, concluded that organisational culture had become more supportive of systematic reviews (Dobbins et al, 2004). This suggests that some…”